飲のみ込こみが悪わるい

expression, i-adjective

slow to understand; slow-witted

Describes a person who takes time to grasp or learn something. Often used in a mildly critical or self-deprecating way.

• 彼かれは飲のみ込こみが悪わるいから、何なん度ども説せつ明めいしないといけない。

  He is slow to understand, so I have to explain things many times.

• 自じ分ぶんは飲のみ込こみが悪わるい方ほうだと思おもう。

  I think I'm on the slow side when it comes to understanding things.